Wind-engine



8 (Model.)

NAT. WINGHELL.

. WIND ENGINE.`

PatentedA'p'r. 17, 1888.

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'WIND-ENGINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,313, dated .April17, 1888.

Application filed February 3, 1887. Serial No. 226,387. (Model.) l

of Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State of M1chigan, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Wind-Engines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a'full, clear, andl exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which f orm a part of this specification.

This lnvention relates to new and useful improvements in wind-engines;and the object of the invention is'to so construct a windengine that itcan be used for driving machinery of all kinds without the sfo-calledcreeping occasioned with the present mode of gearing, all as hereinafterdescribed.

Theinvention consists, therefore, in the improved construction andarrangement of the gearing for the transmission of power.

In the drawings which accompany this speciication, Figure l is avertical central section of my improved wind-engine, and Fig. 2 is acentral section thereof.

A represents the usual derrick uponwhich the mill is erected. B is theturn-table, and C is the frame of the windmill, which supports theoperating parts of the mill itself, and Which turns in the usual manneron 'the center of the turn-table. This center or pivotal point is formedbythehollow vertical shaft or sleeve D.

E is the wind-wheel, provided with wings of any suitable construction.

F is the shaft of the windwheel, suitably journaled in the frame, andprovided -at its free end with the usual crank or equivalent device foroperating the pump-rod G, Uponv the shaft of the wind-wheel is looselysleeved a crown-gear, H. The hub of-this crown-gear is formed with oneor more clutch-teeth, I, arranged` to engage with the fixed pin J by theaction of the spring K. ,n

L is a hollow shaft passing loosely. through the pivot-shaft D andstepped in suitable bearings at its lower end. Upon this shaft isloosely supported the double lgear-wheel-M, which also loosely engageswith the upper end of the hollow'sleeve D. The lower gearing of thisdouble pinion meshes with the crowngearing H, while the upper portionmeshes with the beveled pinion N, which is loosely journaled on aStubshaft, O, supported in a suitable standard of the frame.

P is another beveled pinion loosely sleeved upon the central hollowshaft, L, and meshes with thelast-named bevel-pinion. This bevelpinion Pcarries a4 clutch-tooth, Q, on its underside, arranged to engage with acorresponding clutch-tooth, R, formed on a 'collar fixed onthe hollowshaft L underneath the pinion. The pinion P has a slight vertical play,by means of which it; is enabled to vlift out of engagement with thefixed clutch-tooth underneath.

The hollow vertical sleeve D passes loosely through the turn-table andthrough the frame,

and is held vertically adjustable by means of a lever, R.

In practice, by R', the double gear-Wheell M may be thrown at will inand outof operation with the crowngear. Thus it will be seen that thiscombinathe operation; of ,they levery tion of gearingmakes a-power andpumping Y mill combined, or-a pumping-mill without running the gear, ora power-mill alone by detaching the pump-rod. i

. The object of the clutches-between the crownf wheel and the shaft ofthe wind-wheel and between the bevel-pinion and the shaft L isl toenable the wheel to face the wind Without turning either shaft, thusacting as a perfect swivel.

By transmittingthe power from one side of the turn-table to the oppositesideA it will be seen that the gear perfectly compensates, and therewill be no creeping or climbing yof the gear, which producesgreatirregularity in the motion of the driven shaft. v

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a Wind-engine, the combination, inav powentransmitting gearing, of thehorizontal bevel-pinions M P,turning in opposite directions to balance the resistance equallyion theturn-table, and vertically movable on their shaft, and connectionsbetween said pinions, as

set forth. v A

2. The combination, with theturn-table and wheel E, of the hollowsleeveD, forming the pivot-point of said table, the shaft L, passedloosely through the sleeve D, the double gearwheel M, loosely supportedon said shaft, the crown-wheel H on the wheelshaft F, 4the pinion P, andthe miter-pinionN, all substantially as described. Y y

3. In a wind-engine, the vertical shaft L,

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carrying the drivepinion P and having a the shaft D, means,substantially as described, clutch-connection therewith, the horizontalfol` vertically moving the shaft D, the double windmill-shaft F,carrying the crown-wheel gear-wheel M, loosely supported on the shaft Hand having a clutch-connection therewith, L, the pinions N P, theirshafts, the crown- :5 5 and the intermediate gear-wheels, M N, argear H,and its shaft, all substantially as and ranged 1at right angles to eachother, all subfor the purposes specified. stantial y as described. T

4. In a windlengine, the combination, with ALVIN T WD* CHELL theturn-table and the frame C, of the hollow Witnesses: 1o shaft D, formingthe center of the turn-table, H. S. SPRAGUE,

the hollow shaft L, passing loosely through E. J. SOULLY.

